Prolonged operative time increases infection rate in tibial plateau fractures

Injury

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-252

  Colman, Matthew ^a   Wright, Adam ^a   Gruen, Gary ^a   Siska, Peter ^a   Pape, Hans Christoph ^a   Tarkin, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasciotomy; Infection; Operative time; Plateau; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIOTOMY; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; OPERATION DURATION; PLATE FIXATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TIBIA FRACTURE;

BONE PLATES; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATIVE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872827760     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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